many of today's protocol tokens are designed primarily for growth speculation and governance. this leads to a token model that is vertically integrated and "app-bounded." for example, the value of tokens like UNI or AAVE is close tied to the success of their individual protocols, rather than the growth of the broader category they belong to. PROVE introduces a different paradigm: a "market-bounded" asset. instead of being tied to a single application, PROVE is positioned to capture economic value of the entire horizontal proofs market. this model is inherently agnostic to which L2, chain, dapp wins, as PROVE benefits from the ever-growing aggregate demand for proofs, whever it originates. this market-bounded model aligns directly with ethereum's long-term scaling roadmap. scaling the L1 without sacrificing decentralization requires a dramatic increase in zk proof generation. this creates a structural, non-speculative demand for a new commodity market: prover networks. PROVE is the native currency for this market, creating a self-reinforcing flywheel: as eth scales -> proof demand rises -> value accrues to PROVE -> which incentivizes a more robust and efficient prover network -> enabling larger computational workloads and further scaling. ultimately, PROVE is positioned not as a bet on a single application, but as a stake in the foundational infrastructure for the entire onchain economy. succinct is building the proving economy. PROVE is how you own it.